A newly constructed modular biofloc nursery rearing unit for shrimp/fish was inaugurated at Kovalam experimental station (KES) of ICAR-CIBA on 7th May 2022. Hon’ble Deputy Director General (Fisheries) ICAR, Dr. J.K. Jena, inaugurated the facility and briefed about the importance of sustainable and modular culture methods for future aquaculture development. The newly opened system was…
Dr. J.K. Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries) ICAR, presided over the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by ICAR-CIBA with M/s Halten Aqua Consultancy, Ernakulam, Kerala on 6th May 2022 for an eco-friendly biofloc based shrimp nursery cum grow-out farming technology on consultancy basis. DDG Fisheries congratulated Mr. Sarath Sasi, CEO of M/s Halten Aqua…
More than 100 scientists, technical officers, research scholars and students have participated and gave oral and poster presentations in the 12th Indian Fisheries Aquaculture Forum (IFAF) organized by Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University (TNJFU) held at Chennai during 5th -7th May 2022. The institute bagged awards for research excellence and for the best…
ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture participated in the exhibition event of 12th Indian Fisheries Aquaculture Forum organized by the Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University (TNJFU) at Chennai during 5-7th May 2022. Dr. Joy Krushna Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries), ICAR, New Delhi inaugurated the event on 5th May 2022 along with Dr. G.…
In a major achievement, scientists from ICAR’s Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA), Chennai have sequenced and assembled the whole genome of the grey mullet, Mugil cephalus. The whole genome information of an aquaculture species has potential applications in genomic selection and breeding fish for sustainable production and improvement in desirable traits such as disease…